Today Iam going to tell you about the latest Netflix Verizon and AT&T scandal.
[caption id="attachment_1896" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
Netflix Verizon and AT&T[/caption]Netflix as been “capping” the download speed from American users who use Verizon and AT&T mobile service.
The users from those services, would only be able to use 600 kilobites of bandwith to watch their TV shows and movies. Netflix justified this measure as a way to prevent users to be charged extra from excessive Downloads.
Personally I believe it was a good call from the company, but anyway they should give the option to the customers if they wanted the cap or not.
But Netflix chose not to reveal this information, eventually it got out last Thursday during a story that came out in the Wall Street Journal. And now, they got a lot of angry customers to please!
Some quotes from the source article:
Angry Netflix customers are a force to be reckoned with, and they're the ones owed an explanation about why the company would slow the transmission of video streams to some wireless customers without informing them.
But the most galling aspect may be that Netflix never notified its customers that it was imposing a slowdown.
"There is nothing wrong with what Netflix is doing," said Berin Szoka, president of TechFreedom, a group that has opposed the FCC's Net neutrality regulations. "Except for not making it public."
Netflix explained in its blog post how it slowed traffic to 600 kilobits per second to protect customers who were in danger of exceeding their mobile data caps. The company also said that in May it will introduce a new "data saver" feature for mobile apps to allow some subscribers to choose either to stream more, but lower-quality, video if they have a smaller-capacity data plan or to increase video quality if they have a less-restrictive plan. But the company offered no explanation for why it kept its practice for the past five years. When asked about this specifically, the company declined to comment.
Source: http://www.cnet.com/news/netflix-you-got-some-splainin-to-do/
As always, If you enjoyed this article please do share it by using the social buttons below (Facebook, Twitter, Stumbleupon, etc)
Really soon, I will update with another news article, a onion website review, some downloads, good tips, etc. you will need to pass by again to see what changed.
Stay tuned I will upload something new very soon, thanks
No comments:
Post a Comment